Chapter 18

So fast?

Bai Xiuxiu thought it would take at least until tomorrow! She calmly picked up the honeysuckle and put it back in the box, planning to dry it when she returned in the evening. She tidied up before getting off the kang and opening the door.

At the door, Zhao Guifen and the fifth son’s wife, Zhou Jiaojiao, were blocking her way.

Zhou Jiaojiao’s eyes kept looking into the room, wanting to see what Bai Xiuxiu was busy with.

But to her disappointment, there was nothing in the room.

Zhao Guifen said coldly: “Don’t just stand there, hurry up and go to the mountains together. You’re the eldest sister-in-law, you need to be more diligent, and do more work!”

Bai Xiuxiu laughed when she heard this: “Mom, I’m still sick. It’s just that Uncle Zhang gave me some medicine, and I feel a little better after taking it, so I’m ready to go to the mountains. If I go to the mountains and do too much work and get tired, and it gets back to the village, they’ll blame you, and I won’t care.”

Zhao Guifen was furious when she mentioned this.

If Bai Xiuxiu got sick again from overworking, she would lose all face in the village!

Although there were other mothers-in-law in the village who were not good to their daughters-in-law, she was the only one who had been warned by the team leader!

So fast?

Bai Xiuxiu thought it would take at least until tomorrow! She calmly picked up the honeysuckle and put it back in the box, planning to dry it when she returned in the evening. She tidied up before getting off the kang and opening the door.

At the door, Zhao Guifen and the fifth son’s wife, Zhou Jiaojiao, were blocking her way.

Zhou Jiaojiao’s eyes kept looking into the room, wanting to see what Bai Xiuxiu was busy with.

But to her disappointment, there was nothing in the room.

Zhao Guifen said coldly: “Don’t just stand there, hurry up and go to the mountains together. You’re the eldest sister-in-law, you need to be more diligent, and do more work!”

Bai Xiuxiu laughed when she heard this: “Mom, I’m still sick. It’s just that Uncle Zhang gave me some medicine, and I feel a little better after taking it, so I’m ready to go to the mountains. If I go to the mountains and do too much work and get tired, and it gets back to the village, they’ll blame you, and I won’t care.”

Zhao Guifen was furious when she mentioned this.

If Bai Xiuxiu got sick again from overworking, she would lose all face in the village!

Although there were other mothers-in-law in the village who were not good to their daughters-in-law, she was the only one who had been warned by the team leader!

She didn’t understand, she was just a daughter-in-law, if she died, they could just get another one, why was she so precious?

When she was a daughter-in-law, she wasn’t precious at all!

Zhao Guifen felt wronged, and when she looked at Bai Xiuxiu again, her eyes were filled with murderous intent.

But she still squeezed out a sentence: “Then do less!”

Zhou Jiaojiao watched from the side, feeling uncomfortable. What did she mean by Bai Xiuxiu doing less? Did that mean she should do more? She was just a sick person, why was she so precious?

But thinking about how Bai Xiuxiu might be in trouble after going to the mountains, she felt a lot better: “Mom, don’t worry. When we get to the mountains, I’ll make sure the eldest sister-in-law follows me, and I’ll take good care of her.”

Zhao Guifen nodded: “Okay, you watch over her.”

She didn’t believe it, with the fifth son’s wife watching, how much could Bai Xiuxiu slack off!

Bai Xiuxiu saw the two women singing in unison, and she sneered inwardly.

She was joking, how could she walk with Zhou Jiaojiao!

She immediately spoke up: “There’s no need for that, the fifth son’s wife looks thin and frail, she wouldn’t be able to take care of me. I’ll just walk with the third son’s wife.”

Bai Xiuxiu finished speaking and locked the door to go out.

Zhou Jiaojiao was anxious, she wasn’t sure about her luck.

She only knew that whoever went to the mountains with her would be unlucky, but she wasn’t sure who.

It was just that whoever was closest to her usually suffered the most.

Bai Xiuxiu insisted on not walking with her, then she…

Forget it, the second sister-in-law would do.

She looked down on all of her sisters-in-law.

Sooner or later, she would step on all of her sisters-in-law and achieve her own goals.

Going to the mountains wasn’t just for today.

When Bai Xiuxiu saw her harvest in the mountains, she would naturally want to walk with her!

Thinking about this, Zhou Jiaojiao felt reassured again.

After leaving the house, Bai Xiuxiu immediately found Zhao Cuihua: “Third sister-in-law, let’s walk together when we get to the mountains, shall we? I’m still weak, and we can look out for each other.”

Zhao Cuihua was stunned when she heard this, but she also knew that it was easy to get lost in the mountains if you walked alone, and besides, this eldest sister-in-law seemed more open-minded than the other sisters-in-law!

Thinking about it, Zhao Cuihua didn’t hesitate: “Okay, I’ll walk with the eldest sister-in-law.”

The five of them went out.

Soon they discovered that there were also many families in the village who had sent their family members to the mountains, but most of them were old women with a bunch of children.

Children were useless for work, and old women worked slowly, so they didn’t get many work points and couldn’t bring much benefit to the family. It was better to go to the mountains! They could dig wild vegetables and pick mushrooms in the mountains, and if they found any herbs, they would earn money.

It was better than working in the fields.

Except for the male laborers in the village who had to work, everyone else had free time.

They entered the mountains, and there were more people in the mountains than wild vegetables!

As soon as they entered the mountains, Zhou Jiaojiao, who had been quiet on the road, spoke up: “Eldest sister-in-law, why don’t we all walk together? That way we can look out for each other.”

She still wanted to increase the chances of Bai Xiuxiu being unlucky!

After speaking, Zhou Jiaojiao looked eagerly at Bai Xiuxiu.

Seeing her expression, Bai Xiuxiu sneered inwardly. This fifth sister-in-law really didn’t like her!

Bai Xiuxiu acted as if she was already tired, and then refused: “Forget it, with so many people walking together, what can we find? I’m already feeling weak from climbing the mountain. Fifth sister-in-law, you take the others.

The third sister-in-law will stay here with me, we’ll walk slowly.”

Zhao Cuihua wanted to refuse! The eldest sister-in-law was getting weak too quickly!

But she didn’t want to refuse directly, the eldest sister-in-law seemed very intimidating these past two days!

Seeing her insistence, Zhou Jiaojiao knew she couldn’t persuade her. Although she was disappointed, she could only agree temporarily: “Alright, then we’ll go first.”

As soon as they left, Bai Xiuxiu climbed up the mountain.

“Eldest sister-in-law, what are we doing?” Zhao Cuihua was confused.

Didn’t she say she was tired?

“Find a good spot and see where they’re going. Third sister-in-law, if you don’t want to walk with me, you can go your own way.” Bai Xiuxiu finished speaking and continued climbing.

Zhao Cuihua was speechless. She wanted to go her own way, but she had already agreed to the eldest sister-in-law!

Besides, she felt like the eldest sister-in-law had some kind of plan, and she might be able to get some benefits by following her.

Zhao Cuihua followed Bai Xiuxiu up the mountain.

From their position, they could still see Zhou Jiaojiao and her group.

Bai Xiuxiu confirmed their location and planned to follow them at a distance.

She wanted to see how unlucky the people who walked with Zhou Jiaojiao were!

The two groups walked one behind the other.

After a while, they saw Liu Xiao’e, the second sister-in-law who was walking with Zhou Jiaojiao, suddenly trip and fall flat on her face, landing directly in a mud pit.

Zhao Cuihua almost couldn’t hold back her laughter!

She had always been at odds with the second sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law! Seeing the second sister-in-law fall, she couldn’t be happier.

But before she could recover from her amusement, Liu Xiao’e, who had just climbed out of the mud pit, slipped again and fell back in. She was panicked and grabbed the clothes of the two people next to her.

She pulled down Chen Fang, the fourth sister-in-law, and Zhou Jiaojiao.

With this fall, Liu Xiao’e’s head hit a rock in the mud pit.

Then, there were screams.

Not only Zhao Cuihua was stunned, but Bai Xiuxiu was also surprised.

This… she was too unlucky!

This was just at the beginning of the mountain trip?

Were there enough lives for Zhou Jiaojiao to harm?

“Why are they so unlucky?” Zhao Cuihua looked at the three people, covered in mud, with a sense of foreboding! It’s good that she was walking with the eldest sister-in-law, otherwise, her clothes would be dirty, what would she wear tomorrow?

“Second sister-in-law? Second sister-in-law, are you alright!”

From the other side, Zhou Jiaojiao screamed.